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loupereira··on Verizon: We Can't Become Dumb Pipes
Telecom companies should be regulated like electric and gas utilities
loupereira··on HTML5 Anonymous Bitcoin Poker
What assurances are there that the house isn't cheating?
loupereira··on Amazon Home Services
Recently launched Super Fast Yellow Pages: http://www.superfastyellowpages.com/
loupereira··on 100M and counting: Cristiano Ronaldo's Facebook fan club
"For Ronaldo, his attraction is not limited to a single country or region, with research suggesting he's known by over 84% of the world's population -- giving plenty of scope still for him to increase his Facebook and Twitter fan base yet more."
loupereira··on Stop and Seize
Carrying $75K in cash around is not illegal, but it soon will be if the powers to be have their way. What the anti-cash movement really wants is digital totalitarianism, that's the bigger picture in all this.
loupereira··on Stop and Seize
In an era of budget shortfalls and market-based solutions, the American government is quickly becoming a for-profit enterprise at all costs.
loupereira··on Ask HN: What can I do to gain trust here?
I trust everyone until they give me a reason not to, that is my philosophy and my fault for assuming everyone else's.
loupereira··on Ask HN: What can I do to gain trust here?
Thank you everyone for all your valuable input and feedback.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
I am probably just going to give the product away for free, but continue to support it. If any bugs are found I will patch them.

If I decide to continue monetizing the product I will definitely consider the contest. Thanks for your feedback.

loupereira··on Ask HN: What can I do to gain trust here?
What if I was giving the product away for free? Would the reaction would have been different?
loupereira··on Ask HN: What can I do to gain trust here?
The claim I am making and standby is that no one can access the webcam and microphone unless they know the password. My question is how does one gain trust and why all the negativity when no one has yet tried or tested the product and debunked my claim?
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Yeah no one including government employees can access it unless they know the password of course.

Thanks for the spelling correction.

loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
I agree, I changed the banner. That's how I originally purchased the site so I didn't make any changes to the home page including the claims.

But I am confident in saying that the program can protect your webcam and microphone since I developed the current version from scratch.

If anyone can prove me wrong feel free. This is a fun project about a real issue and concern. The previous owners were using clickbank to market it, hence the footer.

loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
I'm ShowHNing something I developed from scratch.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
That the program can not be uninstalled once it is locked?
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
The program starts the stream of frames and then blocks/jams it after receiving the first frame.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Tape doesn't work so well for parents but good try.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
* If locked, I assume it prevents access even by changing the USB port? Yes

* Does it prevent other use of the USB ports (flash drives, etc)? No

* Does it prevent all cameras, or just the camera identified while the software was running? Prevents all cameras.

loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Obviously you don't see the benefits. Have you tried the program?
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
I purchased it on flippa: https://flippa.com/3098750-security-software-application-web....

I purchased the domain name (thunderdefense.com) and the source code for the original version. I completely scraped the original source code since the program did not do anything it claimed to do and developed a completely new version.

loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Mac version is in the works.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
I agree. I purchased this web site recently and didn't make any changes to the home page including claims. The only thing I did since I purchased the site was develop a new version.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Not really, I'm actually considering giving it away for free and developing a paid enterprise version.

If anyone here is interested in a free license key please email HN@thunderdefense.com

loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
No keylogger protection for the password, that's in the works for the next version.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Definitely not a virus. I purchased this web site recently and didn't make any changes to the home page so it's very possible the Facebook likes were bought. The only thing I did since I purchased the site was develop a new version. I removed the original logos.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
That's the only way to uninstall it without the password.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
Try to uninstall it without unlocking it first and let me know how you make out. It's a free download. This was done by design for parental control reasons.
loupereira··on Show HN: Password Protect Your Webcam
The program can not be disabled or uninstalled once it is locked, even if you are an administrator. The only way to disable or uninstall the program is with the password that was set to block the webcam.
loupereira··on [dead]
Anyone interested in a free license key please email HN@ThunderDefense.com Available to first 100 respondents.

The 'Lock' feature is mostly intended for parental controls, but can also be used to block malware and deter attackers from accessing your password protected webcam and microphone. It remains resident across system reboots.

loupereira··on Show HN: Real-time Online Market for Services
Thank you.
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